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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
3
Classified note from Graettinger Times outlines Seiaietaioe one year term with payment options. Offers six month plan and in advance terms. Contains unclear garbled text but indicates a subscription or lease arrangement for Seiaietaioe.
A fragmented note from Onta markets shows barley prices and trading activity with minimal readable details. Strong entities include Ontario, barley, and trade terms while entry lacks full context or dates.
Fallow Tullus Show returned from Fer tile North Dakota this week after a year away. Jas Hansen bought a new buggy. The Fallow Literary Society hosts their first open program tonight with a debate on whether foreign emigration should be prohibited. Ivor Helvig returned from South Dakota where he ran his threshing outfit. his nephew Sam Helvig accompanied him. The Danish Lutheran missionary meeting drew large attendance with representation from adjoining towns. No Bang joined from Spencer to attend. Tom Cullen and George Stamp from Graettinger visited Sunday.
Local notices report Hoprig Trke Schmidt and son John returning from Barhgvilte Minnesota where he owns a farm and crops look good. Rev Whitman with Rev Huber of Pomeroy preached, a social at Chas Moltz home drew a good crowd. Barry Young attends school in Ringsted. Mrs G S Wells and daughter visit sister Mrs Mowett. Ringsted visitors include Herbert Bryan. Deny Rapids residents Bodk and Potter visiting at BOP. Litoord’s hunting season noted.
A crowded Osgood schoolhouse event featured a State Lecturer address with ice cream and cake, praised as deeply logical. Local notices mention barns under construction, a political gathering, and visits by Miss H L F Dickinson and Rev. Iie, with families hosting relatives and Mr Breffel soliciting for Bryan funds.
Classified fragment shows H H Shartle seeking men to represent a full line of selling specialties either locally or traveling. Included are notices about Atlen Nursery Co Nogheastnd and a farm equipment sale. Multiple names appear: A J Johnson J H Brennan Graettinger Iowa A J Jacobson. A pickup notice offers two young heifers for sale with date and charges.
In a terse notice the city calls on parties owing for gravel from the city gravel pit to arrange payment at once. The appeal is attributed to the mayorship with initials resembling G. A. YanNoy and Glevk, suggesting an interim directive or claim settlement. The fragmentary text implies an official action seeking immediate settlement.
City officials inform parties hauling gravel from City Gravel Pu nist to call at the depot for payment arrangements. Mayor W. Cameron announces the notice and directs compliance with local hauling procedures.
Fragmentary OCR notes advertise four issues of The Pacific Monthly with illustrated articles on dairying fruit growing poultry and farming in Oregon Washington Idaho. Mentions stamps for order and a lost item between Ruthven and Knight Templar chore. Also a Estherville visit by Mrs Arthur Kotaben and daughter Marion between trains.
Voters in Palo Alto County Iowa face a regular November election with a proposed tax levy. The measure seeks three fourths of one mill on all taxable property for county needs and a separate sixteenth of a mill for county public welfare. The board of supervisors ordered the submission for the election, with details noted for November 17.
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